verb

1. To obtain the services of in return for fixed payment.

   “We hired a car for two weeks because ours had broken down.”

2. To employ; to obtain the services of (a person) in exchange for remuneration; to give someone a job.

   “The company had problems when it tried to hire more skilled workers.”

3. To exchange the services of for remuneration.

   “They hired themselves out as day laborers.  They hired out their basement for Inauguration week.”

Synonyms: rent